Night Waitress

December. 18,1936      
Rating:
5.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Helen Roberts, who's on probation, goes back to work as a waitress at Torre's Fish Palace, a San Francisco waterfront dive. The customers are low characters trying to make time with Helen and ex-rum runners trying to make a dishonest dollar. Some of the latter, including Helen's unwelcome suitor Martin Rhodes, are after a mysterious, valuable hidden "cargo"; when violence erupts, Helen finds herself innocently involved, and is soon on the run from both cops and crooks.

Margot Grahame as  Helen Roberts
Gordon Jones as  Martin Rhodes
Vinton Hayworth as  George Skinner
Marc Lawrence as  Dorn
Billy Gilbert as  Torre
Don Barry as  Mario Rigo
Otto Yamaoka as  Fong
Paul Stanton as  District Attorney
Arthur Loft as  Borgum
Walter Miller as  Police Inspector

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